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Humeyra Pamuk

@humeyrapamuk.bsky.social
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@Reuters deputy US foreign policy editor. Eye on State Department. Before: London, Cairo, Dubai & Turkey. @columbiajourn @kocuniversity alum. Personal account.

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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 23/09/2026
Interesting tea leaves here: When US officials in Jerusalem and Washington prepared a draft statement condemning the UK, France & Canada for their plans to block imports from Israeli settlements, they were overruled by higher ups at State and the White House. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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EXCLUSIVE: US drafted a memo condemning UK over West Bank sanctions. It was never released
In early September, US officials in Jerusalem and Washington prepared a draft statement attributed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemning plans by the UK, France and Canada to block imports from...
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
SCOOP: President Donald Trump's administration resumed processing immigrant visa applications from Hungary and Poland last week while maintaining a temporary pause on immigrant visa appointments elsewhere, people familiar tell me & @kristinacooke.bsky.social & @jonathanlanday.bsky.social
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump By @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump
President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump ...
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
SCOOP: Trump administration is directing U.S. diplomats to lobby against & erode support for a U.N. resolution calling on Washington to lift its decades-long embargo on Cuba, per an internal State Dept cable seen by Reuters. The resolution has for years passed w/huge margins 1/X
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
SCOOP: In early July, U.S. embassy in Pretoria asked DC: Could non-whites apply for a refugee program geared toward white South Africans if they met other criteria? A Trump appointee heading State Dept's refugee bureau said the program was intended for white people. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans
In early July, the top official at the U.S. embassy in South Africa reached out to Washington asking for clarification on a contentious U.S. policy: could non-whites apply for a refugee program geared toward white South Africans if they met other requirements?
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Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans
In early July, the top official at the U.S. embassy in South Africa reached out to Washington asking for clarification on a contentious U.S. policy: could non-whites apply for a refugee program geared toward white South Africans if they met other requirements?
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
SCOOP: President Trump yesterday said that he would help Afghan evacuees who were stuck in the UAE, but an internal State Dept cable shows that the Emirati government had already begun returning some of them to Afghanistan since early July & had informed Washington of its plan.
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Scenes from a very consequential day at the State Department — In solidarity with their more than 1,300 colleagues who have been fired today, State employees held an impromptu clap-out at the Department’s C street entrance. Tears, hugs and goodbyes.
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
SCOOP: The Trump administration may deport migrants to Libya for the first time this week, U.S. officials tell @Reuters. The U.S. military could fly the migrants to the North African country as soon as Wednesday, although plans could still change. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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Exclusive: U.S. may soon deport migrants to Libya on military flight, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration may deport migrants to Libya for the first time this week, three U.S. officials said on Tuesday, as part of his immigration crackdown and despite Washington's past condemnation of Libya's harsh treatment of detainees.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
The traditional press corps will take shit forever for not asking more Biden age Qs, but 1) it asked a ton and 2) was never 1/1000th as sycophantic as this. It's embarassing.
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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
"Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani is set to meet with senior U.S. State Department officials later on Tuesday in New York (…) and plead with Washington to provide a clear roadmap for permanent sanctions relief" @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Syria's foreign minister expected to meet with State Dept officials in New York, sources say
Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani is set to meet with senior U.S. State Department officials later on Tuesday in New York, two sources familiar with the matter said, and plead with Washington to provide a clear roadmap for permanent sanctions relief for Syria.
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Friday morning in the United States
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Trump administration moves to restore some of the foreign assistance programs that it shut down only days ago — yet another episode that captures how Washington’s rapid-fire funding cuts threw the global aid world into chaos. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Exclusive: Trump administration moves to restore some terminated foreign aid programs, sources say
The administration of President Donald Trump on Tuesday moved to reinstate at least six recently canceled U.S. foreign aid programs, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
A second child with measles has died in Texas in an outbreak of the childhood disease that has resulted in nearly 500 cases in Texas and has spread across 22 states. The school-aged child was unvaccinated and had no underlying health conditions. www.reuters.com/world/us/ken...
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Texas records second measles-related death, local media report
A second child with measles has died in Texas where hundreds of cases of the disease have been recorded in recent weeks, prompting U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to plan a trip to the state, local media reported early on Sunday.
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
U.S. stock futures opened sharply lower late on Sunday, suggesting a continuation of the two-day selloff that wiped trillions from equity values after the Trump administration's tariffs announcement last week. www.reuters.com/markets/us/u...
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US investors braced for more volatility, bumps ahead of Monday trading open
Some traders believe the stock market will at least attempt to stage a comeback of sorts.
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Three U.S. aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country's massive earthquake, a former senior staffer said. www.reuters.com/world/us/usa...
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USAID team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says
Three U.S. aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country's massive earthquake, a former senior staffer said, as the Trump administration's dismantling of foreign aid affects its disaster response.
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
NEW: The Trump administration moved forward with the sale of more than 20,000 U.S.-made assault rifles to Israel last month, pushing ahead with a sale that the Biden administration had delayed over concerns the arms could be used by extremist Israeli settlers. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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US sending Israel 20,000 assault rifles that Biden had delayed, say sources
The Trump administration moved forward with the sale of more than 20,000 U.S.-made assault rifles to Israel last month, according to a document seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the matter, pushing ahead with a sale that the administration of former president Joe Biden had delayed over concerns they could be used by extremist Israeli settlers.
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country. www.politico.eu/article/musk...
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Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest
Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
SCOOP: The U.S. is weighing in with Lebanon's government on the selection of the country's next central bank governor in a bid to curtail corruption and illicit financing for the armed group Hezbollah through Lebanon's banking system, sources tell @reuters.com
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Exclusive: US weighing in on Lebanon's next central bank chief, sources say
The US hopes to curtail illicit financing for armed group Hezbollah through Lebanon's banking system.
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Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com · 16/03/2025
@reuters.com's Maya Gebeily, @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social and Laila Bassam: U.S. officials have interviewed candidates to be Lebanon's next central bank governor, are additionally consulting with Saudis: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Exclusive: US weighing in on Lebanon's next central bank chief, sources say
The US hopes to curtail illicit financing for armed group Hezbollah through Lebanon's banking system.
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
NEW: The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for the citizens of dozens of countries as part of a new ban, according to sources familiar with the matter and an internal memo seen by Reuters.
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
NEW: Trump team has acted fast to revamp the State Department bureaucracy. Per our scoop last week, his aides asked three senior career diplomats who oversee the bureaucracy to step down, before expanding that request to scores of other high-ranking policy officials. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Exclusive: Trump team asks three US senior career diplomats to resign, sources say
Aides to President-elect Donald Trump have asked three senior career diplomats who oversee the U.S. State Department's workforce and internal coordination to step down from their roles, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said, in a possible signal of deeper changes ahead for the diplomatic corps.
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
ICYMI: In Brussels, I had a wide-ranging interview w/Sec Blinken. Asked him if he did everything he could to stop the killing of Gazan women and children. Propley will judge his legacy, he said, but for now, he was using every minute in office to achieve a ceasefire www.reuters.com/world/us/bli...
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Andrew Gray @andrewramsaygray.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Ukraine has asked NATO for a membership invite at today's meeting of foreign ministers. It's very unlikely to get one, diplomats tell us. Story with @sasilink.bsky.social @liliebayer.bsky.social @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social
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NATO expected to sidestep Ukraine's call for quick invite
NATO is highly unlikely to heed Ukraine's call for a membership invitation at a meeting on Tuesday, according to diplomats, dashing Kyiv's hopes of a political boost as it struggles on the battlefield and awaits Donald Trump's return to the White House.
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Patricia Zengerle @reuterszengerle.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Our @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social sat down with Blinken today - She Asked if he did everything he could to stop the killing of Gazan women and children. He said people will judge his legacy but for now, he was using every minute in office to achieve a ceasefire. reuters.com/world/us/blink…
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
ANKARA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Three suspects accused of murdering an Israeli rabbi in the United Arab Emirates were caught in Istanbul in a secret operation at the weekend by the Turkish intelligence and police, a Turkish security source said on Tuesday. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Turkey helped UAE to arrest suspects accused of killing Israeli rabbi
The United Arab Emirates foreign ministry announced on Tuesday that Turkish authorities assisted in the arrest of the suspects accused of murdering an Israeli rabbi in the UAE.
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Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
THE HAGUE, Nov 21 (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, the court said on Thursday.
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